Toy



F. FOWLER.

TOY. APPLICATION FILED AUG.25,1920.

1,383,795. I .Patentd July'5, 1921 UNITED STATES- PATENT, OFFICE.

' FRANK OWLER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY.

Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed August 25, 1920. Serial No. 405,903.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK FOWLER, a citizen of the, United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a Toy, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a toy, and has for its object to provide aflying toy so con derstand how to make and use the same, I

will describe its construction in detail, re-

' ferring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis application, in which Figure l, is a plan view of my improved toFig. 2, is a side elevation of Fig. 1, portions thereof being brokenaway and sec tioned to clearly illustrate the construction of thedevice.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, 1 represents a handle inwhich is secured one end of a stem 2, said stem having an extendedreduced portion 3 leaving a head 5 upon the free end of the stem. Theend of this head is rounded into semi-spherical shape for the purposehereinafter set forth. I

6 represents the flying member of the device which is here shown asconsisting of three propeller blades, but which may utilize a lesser orgreater number of said blades, and to this flying member is secured thesleeves 7, said securement being preferably by soldering or brazing, theintent being to construct the flying member with as little weight aspossible.

In manipulating the toy a cord is wound around the sleeve after whichthe latter is placed upon the stem 2 when by vigorously pulling upon thecord the flying member is caused to revolve at a high rate of speed sothat the propeller blades thereof actingupon the air will cause saidmember to rise ofl of the steamand soar through the air to aconsiderable height. After the rotary momentum of the flying member hasbeen exhausted to a polnt where said member ceases to "fly upward itwill then sail or volplane downward, the sleeve serving to hold thepropellers at the proper point against upsetting.

As shown inFig. 2, the reduced portion 3 of the stem is nearly equal inlength to the sleeve so as to leave a bearing upon the inner walls ofsaid sleeve'only near the top and bottom thereof, thus greatly reducingthe skin friction which would otherwise be inlength of the latter; alsothe rounding of the end-of the head 5 will lessen the point of contactbetween said head and the flying member thereby reducing the friction atthis point, and I have found in practice that this construction greatlyfacilitates the manipulation of the toy; 5

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction as herein shown as these may be varied within the limits ofthe appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thu fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis In a toy of the character described, a flying fmember, propellerblades formed with said member, a sleeve carried by the flying member, astem having a' reduced section therein, a rounded head carried by theouter end of said reduced section, said head and reduced section adaptedto pass within the sleeve, said head having bearing contact with boththe sleeve and the flying member and a handle to whichthe stem issecured.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

FRAN K FOWLER.

' stant to the turning of the sleeve upon the

